Rally Norway

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Juho Hanninen, SS6 Kongsvinger
Juho Hanninen, SS6 Kongsvinger

Rally Norway is the Norwegian rally which, starting with the 2007 season, is part of the World Rally Championship organised by FIA. Previously it is only Sweden who have arranged WRC on snow. Driving on snow and ice is considered exotic in the rally context and with the use of Vikingskipet ("The Viking Ship") as indoor service area, Rally Norway is expected to deliver a unique event.

The rally springs out of from Rally Finnskog Norway with base in Kongsvinger, but the center of the event will, due to better accommodation and hospitality services, be in Hamar.

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A candidate race was arranged 10 and 11 February 2006 with great success. Start and finish was held at Hamar, while the stages took the rally to Lillehammer, Sjusjøen, Kongsvinger and Elverum.

The rally was won by Henning Solberg. Throughout the first leg Daniel Carlsson was right behind Solberg, but went off the road at SS12 and had to retire the rally. The young talents Mads Østberg and Anders Grøndal took the second and third place on the podium.

The candidate race was by FIA given the grade "B", which outstands several current WRC-rallies.

FIA decided 5 July 2006 in a meeting in Paris that Rally Norway was to achieve WRC-status. At first for one season, but with the possibility of prolonging of three more years.

The first WRC-rally on Norwegian snow was held 15-18 February 2007. The rally was won by Mikko Hirvonen, ahead of Marcus Grönholm, Henning Solberg and Petter Solberg.

Year Driver
Codriver		 Vehicle
2007 Flag of Finland Mikko Hirvonen
Flag of Finland Jarmo Lehtinen		 Flag of United States Ford Focus RS WRC 06 Report


Rallies in the World Rally Championship:
2007 championship events:

Monte Carlo | Sweden | Norway | Mexico | Portugal | Argentina | Sardinia | Greece
Finland | Germany | New Zealand | Catalunya | Corsica | Japan | Ireland | Great Britain
Past championship events include:

Arctic | Australia | Brazil | China | Côte d'Ivoire | Cyprus | Indonesia
Morocco | Olympus | Poland | Safari | San Remo | Turkey
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